Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Aramil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. After coming to the age of reason, Aramil took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She wears her golden hair down. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Blossom was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Blossom was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Blossom decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is short and brown. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born into a rich family. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 70 gp. Malachite (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is short and white. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Sybil will drive conversation. She uses divination through singing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a sickle on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available he will default to his warhammer, and is pretty ugly. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 sp. Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Cartwright. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. She tends to her Cartwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This malnourished man sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1400 sp. Amethyst (40 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears brown trousers with blue and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His black hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. He found a children's book about a Human Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 sp.